Another boardwalk visitor put his arms around the constituent/heckler and escorted him away.

It was Christie’s second eruption in less than a week, the first coming at a news conference. A reporter asked a question off-subject.

“Did I say on topic? Are you stupid? On topic, on topic! Next?” asked Christie, who then said: “Thank you all very much and I’m sorry for the idiot over there.”

Earlier this year, in another visit to the beach, Christie got into a shouting match with a Navy SEAL, again on the topic of education. He has a great fan in media mogul Rupert Murdoch, but Christie may not be ready for the presidential campaign trail.